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Sisters, Strangers and Slaughter is a psychologically thrilling collection of short stories focusing on the remote and inchoate hollows of the human condition. Each of the three stories features a narrator battling inner separateness, an arcane secret that threatens an otherwise healthy existence. In their suffering, the subjects are unable to tell physical pain from its mental shape.

In January 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order halting all refugee admissions for 120 days and temporarily barring entry from seven Muslim-majority countries. Mass protests followed, and the order has since been blocked, revised and challenged by judges, politicians, activists and artists alike. But the battle is not yet over, and in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in the UK, Trump has renewed calls for the ban.

Emily is 24 and trying to figure out, well, everything. She starts seeing Steve and falls for him instantly. Unfortunately, that requires conveniently pushing her longtime (and live-in) boyfriend Brian out of her mind. Not only does it ruin her relationship, but her secret boyfriend-situation drives a wedge between her and her best friend, Sam, as well. She turns to her co-worker and some new friends to try to figure it all out via text, chat, and email.

Wallis Simpson, the twice-divorced American woman for whom Edward VIII abdicated in 1936, ended her life as the prisoner of her lawyer who would not allow anyone - friend, foe or journalist - to visit her in her Paris flat. Rose Tremain takes this true story and transforms it into an imaginative and ironic fiction. Her thesis is that Wallis, gaga and bed-ridden, has forgotten the king who gave up an empire for love of her. The other stories in this magnificent collection range over a variety of themes, equally original and unexpected.

Rumpole and the Health Farm Murder finds the corpulent barrister spending a most untypical Christmas at a health spa, where he is gloomily trying to survive on a not-so-festive diet of yak's milk and steamed spinach. He is soon enlivened, however, when a murder is committed and he is asked to represent the chief suspect. Bill Wallis reads this special seasonal story starring Horace Rumpole, scourge of all QCs and friend of the criminal classes.

In Rumpole and Father Christmas, a children's party is taking place in Chambers, and Claude Erskine-Brown has booked a 'genuine and convincing' Santa Claus. The gentleman in question does indeed have a red suit, a fuller figure and a snowy beard - but does he have more than just presents in his sack? Bill Wallis reads this special seasonal story starring Horace Rumpole, scourge of all QCs and friend of the criminal classes.

A failed actress takes a job as a Bigfoot impersonator. A botanist seeking a rare flower crosses path with a group of men hunting the Loch Ness Monster. A disillusioned missionary in Africa grapples with grief and a growing obsession with a creature rumored to live in the forest of the Congo. And in the title story, a young woman traveling with her scientist mother in Madagascar confronts her burgeoning sexuality and her dream of becoming a long-distance swimmer.

'Rumpole and the Old Familiar Faces' finds the claret-loving barrister spending Christmas in chilly Coldsands, staying with an old school friend of Hilda. When he is introduced to the new owner of the Old Manor House, he is surprised to realize that they've met before in more unsavoury circumstances. And Donald Compton's is by no means the only familiar face Rumpole will encounter during this particular festive period.

'Rumpole and the Christmas Break' sees the irrepressible barrister defending a young Muslim man who has been charged with murder. As the case adjourns for the holiday, the cards are stacked against him and the judge is hostile. Stuck in a country house hotel over Christmas, can Rumpole use the break to clear his client's name? Bill Wallis reads this special seasonal story starring Horace Rumpole, scourge of all QCs and friend of the criminal classes.

'Rumpole and the Christmas Party' sees Rumpole celebrating with his Chambers colleagues and their wives and partners. There is plenty of claret, paper streamers and mistletoe, but where is She Who Must Be Obeyed? Bill Wallis reads this special seasonal story starring Horace Rumpole, scourge of all QCs and friend of the criminal classes.

In 'Rumpole and the Millennium Bug', the loveable barrister is regretting the advent of the 21st century, and the arrival of a new, computer-literate clerk. But as Christmas approaches, can Bernard 'the Millennium Bug' prove to Rumpole that technology can be useful after all? Bill Wallis reads this special seasonal story starring Horace Rumpole, scourge of all QCs and friend of the criminal classes.

In 'Rumpole and the Boy', Rumpole has recently concluded a blackmail case when he finds himself babysitting a small boy. Edmund turns out to have a keen interest in criminal cases and he throws some unexpected light on the case Rumpole has just tried. Bill Wallis reads this special seasonal story starring Horace Rumpole, scourge of all QCs and friend of the criminal classes.

Elena non riesce ancora a credere che Damon sia di nuovo con lei: pensava di averlo perso per sempre. La felicità per il ritorno del vampiro però è offuscata dall'oscura minaccia che incombe su tutti loro. Quando Bonnie cade in un sonno profondo e inquietante dal quale sembra impossibile svegliarsi, Elena e i suoi amici capiscono che non c'è tempo da perdere: devono agire in fretta per salvare la ragazza e le loro stesse vite, e fermare il male una volta per tutte.

Tredici racconti, tredici visioni di società corrose, fondate sull’oppressione e la violenza, popolate da donne distrutte e uomini deboli, da creature d’incubo e orrori quotidiani: Camilla Grudova crea mondi paralleli surreali e grotteschi, in cui il terrore e la mostruosità convivono con una feroce ironia. Leggendo questi racconti, il lettore si trova incollato alla pagina, catturato da una suspence che fa presagire l’orrore e lo nasconde negli elementi inquietanti che ricompaiono periodicamentecreando un filo rosso attraverso la raccolta: bambole, macchine da cucire, lattine, specchi.

Per Guy de Maupassant il letto è tutta la nostra vita, perché ci nasciamo, ci facciamo all'amore e ci moriamo. E intorno al letto, luogo dei nostri segreti e dei nostri sentimenti più forti, Mario Baudino costruisce un colto itinerario sui piaceri che la posizione orizzontale invita a cullare. Da Ulisse ai giorni nostri, passando per Proust e Mark Twain, il dottor Johnson o il Re Sole, il letto è una scena teatrale almeno quanto è custode di segreti, in una ricca rassegna tra letteratura, arte e storia.

Redigidos com um estilo inconfundível, os textos escritos ao longo de dez anos são repletos de significado, um compilado fascinante de "reflexões que fiz enquanto percorria determinada etapa do rio de minha vida", como o próprio autor descreve. Espiritualidade, ética e filosofia são alguns dos temas abordados, convidando o ouvinte a trilhar um caminho emocionante rumo à felicidade.

La presente antología de cuentos se inscribe en una larga tradición de narrativa iniciática que se remonta a la noche de los tiempos. Alejandro Jodorowsky nos invita a emprender un camino de conocimiento a través de la interpretación de los cuentos tradicionales.

Dall’invecchiamento della popolazione ai cambiamenti climatici, dall’istruzione di massa all’impatto dei social network, le storie immaginate da Liu Cixin, Xia Jia, Chen Qiufan e Wu Yan mostrano una Cina lontana dall’Occidente per costume e sensibilità, ma simile nelle realtà economico-sociali e così tecnologicamente avanzata da restituire uno sguardo sul futuro che attende il mondo intero. Una selezione di alcune delle voci più importanti della fantascienza cinese contemporanea che di certo delizieranno i lettori di tutto il mondo.

Tre storie di donne spaventate dalla libertà, abituate a vivere con lo sguardo rivolto all'indietro, perché in fondo «tutto quello che succede è un ricordo».

La prima raccolta di racconti di Future Fiction: Cosa succede a una casa dotata d'intelligenza artificiale quando perde l'inquilino di cui è innamorata? Qual è la coppia perfetta in una versione tecnologicamente avanzata del gioco del corteggiamento? Quanti segreti si nascondono nella villa di Aethra dove si creano "soggetti d'arte" al cui interno è intrappolata una copia senziente della padrona di casa?